GERMANY

Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Nokia Corp, Navistar International, Sohu.com, Facebook, JPMorgan Chase, Alcoa and GlaxoSmithKline are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Friday.

Asian markets rose Friday as investor confidence was boosted by expectation for stimulus measures from policymakers globally.

Authorities in the world's major economies are preparing for a possible market storm or public panic after cliffhanger Greek elections this weekend, officials said on Thursday, should radical leftists win and cast doubt on the nation's future in the euro zone.

Tourism officials hope a record-breaking stunt can help boost Niagara Falls' economy, but historians fear the city is once again tainting Mother Nature with unnecessary spectacles.

Microsoft has just announced that it will not be attending GamesCom or the Tokyo Game Show this year. However, the German video game trade show doesn?t seem to be shaken by the news, as an organizer says the event is still ?on track? according to MCV.

As the euro zone lurches from crisis to crisis, the spotlight is set to fall on Chancellor Angela Merkel as world leaders look to Germany to take a lead.

Seadrill Ltd, Transocean, Frontline, Nokia Corp, Credit Suisse, Smithfield Foods, Tata Motors, 3D Systems and Overseas Shipholding Group are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Thursday.

Futures on the major U.S. indices point to a flat opening Thursday ahead of the Department of Labor's report on weekly jobless claims and the Consumer Price Index.

Finland-based cell phone manufacturer Nokia announced Thursday that it plans to cut 10,000 jobs globally as part of its revamping measures.

Technocrat Prime Minister Mario Monti appealed to Italy's politicians on Wednesday to back his tough economic medicine to avoid Rome becoming the next victim of the euro debt crisis, after a bailout for Spain's banks failed to calm markets.

Key decision makers in prominent business companies throughout Europe have criticised failing education systems for rising youth employment and have been clamouring for the implementation of dual education schemes to help reverse this worrying trend.

Mario Monti faces public opposition to his push for austerity and close coordination with Germany. In the wake of the Spanish bailout, fresh skepticism from investors dogs him as he urges the parliament to step up reforms.

Watch highlights of Germany's victory over Netherlands in Group B of Euro 2012.

Anarchists have been arrested for a spate of bomb attacks in Italy, and are being blamed for violence in Europe and the U.S. Is this the comeback of a movement that was considered a big threat a century ago?

At stake is the country's continued membership in the euro currency, and the future of the euro zone itself. Here is our handy guide to the key events and implications you can expect going forward.

Something strange is going to take place next week at the G-20 summit: Europe, long accustomed to sending aid through the International Monetary Fund to developing nations, will pass a collection plate to many of those same countries. But to get such help, which could be as much as $105 billion from four major emerging economies, European nations will have to surrender some control of the IMF.

View the confirmed lineups as Denmark take on Portugal in Lviv, plus get all the details on where to watch the action unfold.

Where to watch live coverage of the Netherlands' clash with Germany in Kharkiv, plus a full preview, team news and prediction.

At the outbreak of World War II, the Irish Defense Forces numbered some 42,000 people ? but over the course of the war, more than 7,000 deserted.

Euro zone industrial production in April showed the steepest decline in four months and economists point to this data as an early indication that the euro area's narrow escape from technical recession in the first quarter is unlikely to last very long.

Futures on major U.S. indices point to a slightly lower opening Wednesday ahead of the retail sales report and producer price index.